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Earth's Interior
Test Description: Describing Earth's Layers
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Geologist obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by
A
Measuring pressure differences at Earth's surface
B
Directly looking under many layers
C
Estimating the temperature inside the Earth
D
Recording and studying seismic waves
2) If one were to travel towards the center of Earth, the pressure would?
A
Stay the same
B
Decrease
C
Increase
3) If one were to travel towards the center of Earth, the temperature would?
A
Decrease
B
Stay the same
C
Increase
4) The Earth’s inner core is
A
A dense ball of solid metal
B
A layer of hot rock
C
A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
D
A layer of molten metal
5) Earth’s mantle is
A
A dense ball of solid metal
B
A layer of hot rock
C
A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
D
A layer of molten metal
6) Uppermost part of mantle the crust together form a rigid layer called the
A
Lithosphere
B
Hydrosphere
C
Oceanic Crust
D
Asthenosphere
7) Earth’s lithosphere is broken into separate sections called
A
Plates
B
Trenches
C
Rifts
D
Faults
8) Scientists who study the forces that make and shape the planet Earth are called
A
Physicists
B
Geologists
C
Chemists
D
Biologist
9) The Earth’s magnetic field is created by movement in the
A
Inner Core
B
Mantle
C
Outer Core
D
Lithosphere
10) Heating and cooling of a fluid, changes in its density, and gravitational pull set in motion
A
Convection
B
Conduction
C
Photozonic
D
Radiation
11) What is the part of the mantle that can bend like plastic
A
Lithosphere
B
Crust
C
Asthenosphere
D
Inner Core
12) Which sequence shows the layers of the Earth's atmospherer beginning with the layer closest to Earth's surface
A
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
B
Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere
C
Thermosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere
D
Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
13) Which of the four layers is mainly made out of iron and nickel
A
Crust
B
Core
C
Mantle
D
Lithosphere
14) Which shows the correct sequence of Earth's layers in order starting from the outside and going in.
A
Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Inner Core, Outer Core
B
Crust, Mesosphere, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Inner Core, Outer Core
C
Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core
D
Crust, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Lithosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core
15) The crust is the densest layer
A
True
B
False
16) The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust
A
True
B
False
17) The Earth's core is broken in to two sections
A
True
B
False
18) Earth's magnetic field is created in the
A
Crust
B
Inner Core
C
Mantle
D
Outer Core
19) A layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly
A
Asthenosphere
B
Lithosphere
C
Outer Core
D
Mesosphere
20) Which layer of the Earth's interior is the most dense
A
Crust
B
Mantle
C
Core
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